OBJECTIVES
To examine the changes in and to identify determinants of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) during the first year after stroke.
DESIGN
Prospective cohort study.
SETTING
Regional… (More)

The main focus of palliative care services is to improve patients' quality of life (QOL). The potential value of assessment of QOL in palliative care is being increasingly recognized. The McGill… (More)

STUDY OBJECTIVE
To investigate the cross-cultural validity of London Handicap Scale in Hong Kong Chinese.
DESIGN
Ratings of the utility of 10 hypothetical health scenarios were given by groups of… (More)

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
Few surveys have been carried out documenting the quality of life for non-cancer patients in general district hospitals reaching the final trajectory towards death. We carried out… (More)

We report a prospective study assessing the prevalence and severity of physical and nonphysical symptoms, and the benefits from treatment and intervention, in advanced cancer patients presenting to a… (More)

This study aims to explore in depth the needs, current knowledge, and attitudes of all ranks of old age home staff. A large-scale qualitative study with 13 semistructured focus groups was conducted… (More)

A 79-y-old man presented with obstructive jaundice in July 2001 and was diagnosed with carcinoma of the head of the pancreas. He underwent a total pancreatectomy, as well as resection of the distal… (More)

To assess the operative morbidity, we reviewed retrospectively 101 groin dissections performed in 67 patients for management of squamous cell carcinoma of the penis. No patients died, but only 18 per… (More)